pull back

Verb

 * 1) To retreat.
 * 2)  To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.
 * 3) * December 1 2010, Paul Fletcher, BBC News, Ipswich 1-0 West Brom
 * Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.
 * 1)  To score when the team is losing.
 * 2) * Feb 19 2007, Al-Jazeera, Stylish Sevilla pull level with faltering Barcelona
 * Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.
 * 1) * December 1 2010, Paul Fletcher, BBC News, Ipswich 1-0 West Brom
 * Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.
 * 1)  To score when the team is losing.
 * 2) * Feb 19 2007, Al-Jazeera, Stylish Sevilla pull level with faltering Barcelona
 * Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.